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...Yorkshire. An old-school aristocrat whose family motto is "A Sound Conscience Is a Wall of Brass," the Lord Chamberlain ran head-on into the New Morality in his traditional role as censor of plays, protected Britons from histrionic homosexuality by barring such plays as Tea and Sympathy and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof from the London stage and emasculated Beckett's Waiting for Godot on grounds of blasphemy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jul. 11, 1969 | 7/11/1969 | See Source »

TUCKER'S COUNTRYSID:, by George Selden, illustrated by Garth Williams (Farrar, Straus & Giroux; $3.95). In a sequel to The Cricket in Times Square, a citified cat and mouse visit a cricket and help him contend with dogs, bulldozers and other scourges of the countryside. The black and white illustrations are Garth Williams at his best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jun. 20, 1969 | 6/20/1969 | See Source »

MANHATTAN IS MISSING, by E. W. Hildick (Doubleday; $3.95). A science-fiction title, a threatening ransom note, a secret meeting, and a wild chase across Central park-all more or less in pursuit of Manhattan, a fussy Siamese cat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Jun. 20, 1969 | 6/20/1969 | See Source »

...Spade Cat. His new program may have the strangest schedule on network television (Monday, Tuesday and Friday, from 10 to 11 p.m. E.D.T.), but the show is better than ever: a limited number of guests (usually four) and commercial breaks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talk Shows: Cavett's Return | 6/20/1969 | See Source »

...always there when needed. Negro Actor James Earl Jones mentioned that he did not particularly enjoy being called a "spade cat." Cavett allowed as how he could understand that. After all, "The old maid in the apartment above me lives with a spayed cat." Caught on-camera taking a telephone call from the producer, Cavett flashed an exasperated look and ad-libbed: "I've told you never to call me at work, Miss Lollobrigida...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Talk Shows: Cavett's Return | 6/20/1969 | See Source »

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